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[Q] Root without unlock or touch anything

Hi, i need a way to get only root access, without unlock, with all stock and avaiable ota, there is a way to do this?
I did it with my tf300t with one-click-transformer-root, and i did same thing with my note 2 lte with framaroot and ota rootkeeper.
I need a way to not lose warranty, and have just root access.
Thank's in advice for answers!

anthraxx90 said:
Hi, i need a way to get only root access, without unlock, with all stock and avaiable ota, there is a way to do this?
I did it with my tf300t with one-click-transformer-root, and i did same thing with my note 2 lte with framaroot and ota rootkeeper.
I need a way to not lose warranty, and have just root access.
Thank's in advice for answers!
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You have to unlock the bootloader to root. You can relock it afterwards if you want to
Edit, day 2 of 7 with the internet working

anthraxx90 said:
Hi, i need a way to get only root access, without unlock, with all stock and avaiable ota, there is a way to do this?
I did it with my tf300t with one-click-transformer-root, and i did same thing with my note 2 lte with framaroot and ota rootkeeper.
I need a way to not lose warranty, and have just root access.
Thank's in advice for answers!
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You can't root without unlocking the bootloader. If you ever have to exchange it under warranty, you can reset the tamper flag and relock the bootloader, they'll be none the wiser.

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I had read somewhere, that google accept rooted device in warranty, is real?

anthraxx90 said:
I had read somewhere, that google accept rooted device in warranty, is real?
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If you need to warranty it just flash the factory image and lock. Simple, easy

jd1639 said:
If you need to warranty it just flash the factory image and lock. Simple, easy
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And if i brick it? My last bricked device was not recognized in anyway by any pc, no adb, no fastboot, just api, but can't fix it.
(and I have not broken it doing stupid things, just installed clockworkmod app from playstore and flash cwm for my device, what's result? after some day i read that cwm dev, put the wrong files in tf300t section, and the app flashed tf101 files)

anthraxx90 said:
I had read somewhere, that google accept rooted device in warranty, is real?
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No they do not.

Stupid, was using ROM manager to begin with.
good day.

chopper the dog said:
Stupid, was using ROM manager to begin with.
good day.
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i think stupid is who publish an application without notifying error that brick and make unusefull a device bought for 700€
regardless from the user experience.
Plz next answers , follow the question, not personal comment.

jd1639 said:
Edit, day 2 of 7 with the internet working
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LOL! (Yes, I got the reference)

anthraxx90 said:
i think stupid is who publish an application without notifying error that brick and make unusefull a device bought for 700€
regardless from the user experience.
Plz next answers , follow the question, not personal comment.
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if you think modifying your device keeps you safe from bricking it, you need to stop rooting your phone and stick to stock.
people make mistakes and your blind following makes you look ignorant and uninformed.

Zepius said:
if you think modifying your device keeps you safe from bricking it, you need to stop rooting your phone and stick to stock.
people make mistakes and your blind following makes you look ignorant and uninformed.
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really, I am in the modding since I bought the first galaxy young, and all the developers warn worthy of respect and do not take responsibility for damage to devices, if we do not take resposability we do not public on play google, on google play store a child may install and tap 2 buttons, that is how I publish a tread "Root your galaxy Note 2," and i put inside the kernel of Commodore64, before you speak of ignorance think of ignorance with which you answered without even knowing what we're talking.

anthraxx90 said:
really, I am in the modding since I bought the first galaxy young, and all the developers warn worthy of respect and do not take responsibility for damage to devices, if we do not take resposability we do not public on play google, on google play store a child may install and tap 2 buttons, that is how I publish a tread "Root your galaxy Note 2," and i put inside the kernel of Commodore64, before you speak of ignorance think of ignorance with which you answered without even knowing what we're talking.
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I read your post twice and still can't figure out exactly what you're trying to say - you published a thread about rooting your note 2 (by installing and tapping 2 buttons on google play), and put the thread inside the kernel of commodore64? wut?
Your original question was "Can you root without unlocking bootloader" - the answer, as several folks posted (and was mentioned in earlier searchable threads as well) was "No"
Did that answer your question? Or do you have a follow up question? - Not trying to sound rude - just trying to understand if your question has been answered or not.

jd1639 said:
If you need to warranty it just flash the factory image and lock. Simple, easy
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...but not before resetting the TAMPER FLAG.
anthraxx90 said:
And if i brick it? My last bricked device was not recognized in anyway by any pc, no adb, no fastboot, just api, but can't fix it.
(and I have not broken it doing stupid things, just installed clockworkmod app from playstore and flash cwm for my device, what's result? after some day i read that cwm dev, put the wrong files in tf300t section, and the app flashed tf101 files)
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If you brick a device, it's on you. Why would they replace a device that was damaged by your tampering with it?

BirchBarlow said:
...but not before resetting the TAMPER FLAG.
If you brick a device, it's on you. Why would they replace a device that was damaged by your tampering with it?
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Perfect, this man understand what i want to know.
"the note 2 root and commodore, was an example, i was talking about rom manager with tf101 file instead of tf300 when i was installing cwm (for this i lost my tf300, cause hardbricked), and someone tell me that it's my error lol, for this i say:"now i publish an app on google play store that promise u to give root to your note 2 or any other smartphone, and instead of root it flash on your device the commodore64 kernel, and this make ur device broken forever"
My english is not good, but the sense is clear -.-
Close please, BirchBarlow give me all correct answer

[Q] The hardest rescue

Hi everyone!
Just a little question, as I'm facing this situation right here:
is there a way to revive a phone that doesn't boot, nor lets me access recovery mode or fastboot or bootloader?

UltimateGoblin said:
Hi everyone!
Just a little question, as I'm facing this situation right here:
is there a way to revive a phone that doesn't boot, nor lets me access recovery mode or fastboot or bootloader?
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Which phone are you talking about?

I'm talking about the Alcatel V860. It's absolutely an uncommon model, that's the reason why I'm speaking in general.

UltimateGoblin said:
I'm talking about the Alcatel V860. It's absolutely an uncommon model, that's the reason why I'm speaking in general.
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Please ask specific questions as its related to the phone model. I'm not hopefully about it. You can get it serviced by "bootloader repair" Should be about 40$.
Some of the more common phones can be unbricked on your own.

LS.xD said:
Please ask specific questions as its related to the phone model. I'm not hopefully about it. You can get it serviced by "bootloader repair" Should be about 40$.
Some of the more common phones can be unbricked on your own.
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I've already posted here, but I received only one answer, so I decided to speak more general just to know if it is theoretically possible to rescue a phone in the situation I described.
Anyway, do you think that there is no way that the pc can communicate with a phone that doesn't even reach the bootloader?

Ok, I'll ask a different question: the phone I'm talking about ended up this bad while flashing an official OTA.
How is that possible?
I thought there was no possible way that an OTA messed with the bootloader, or the recovery... or fastboot! Doesn anyone know what could possibly have gone wrong during the update?

UltimateGoblin said:
Ok, I'll ask a different question: the phone I'm talking about ended up this bad while flashing an official OTA.
How is that possible?
I thought there was no possible way that an OTA messed with the bootloader, or the recovery... or fastboot! Doesn anyone know what could possibly have gone wrong during the update?
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Actually, it seems like your phone is bricked, there are some methods to unbrick some phones but I don't know if they would work for you, just try to do a Google search how to unbrick a bricked phone, and it might return with some useful stuff, try everything that's possible, because nothing worst can happen over a brick(except it can blast in your hand if you connect a high voltage in place of battery)(lol, it won't happen! )
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211

Already done that, I'm giving up if my pc cannot communicate with the phone.
At this point I'd only like to know how could an OTA corrupt the bootloader.

UltimateGoblin said:
Already done that, I'm giving up if my pc cannot communicate with the phone.
At this point I'd only like to know how could an OTA corrupt the bootloader.
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Only thing you can do now is, go to store(from where you buy your phone, act dumb and tell them that this won't turn on, they might replace your phone!
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211

Thanks. Anyone else?

UltimateGoblin said:
Thanks. Anyone else?
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So, what exactly you did?
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211

It wasn't me, it was my cousin, who flashed an OTA which apparently corrupted all the layers of the OS. I believe him, but I find it incredibly difficult to happen, so I wanted to know if that could really happen.

UltimateGoblin said:
It wasn't me, it was my cousin, who flashed an OTA which apparently corrupted all the layers of the OS. I believe him, but I find it incredibly difficult to happen, so I wanted to know if that could really happen.
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What do you mean by ota corrupting all layers of os?
I never heard of it.
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211

It means that the flashing went bad and now the phone is unusable. I cannot make it communicate with the pc. No access to recovery nor bootloader nor fastboot nor anything.

UltimateGoblin said:
It means that the flashing went bad and now the phone is unusable. I cannot make it communicate with the pc. No access to recovery nor bootloader nor fastboot nor anything.
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Try smart phone flash tool(on pc), I recently came across a thread in which author said he have a hard bricked xolo phone and it don't boot to anything, but responds to SP Flash tool. Give it a try, if might work.
I don't have it's link, Google it
Hit Thanks if I helped sent from my SM-T211

UltimateGoblin said:
It means that the flashing went bad and now the phone is unusable. I cannot make it communicate with the pc. No access to recovery nor bootloader nor fastboot nor anything.
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Did that worked?
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[Q]

Can anyone give me an easy way to Root an Acer 200 Iconia Tab. I keep hitting walls whenever I search and the one thing I haven't tried, SimpleTool, is MIA. Help?

Padulese said:
Can anyone give me an easy way to Root an Acer 200 Iconia Tab. I keep hitting walls whenever I search and the one thing I haven't tried, SimpleTool, is MIA. Help?
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Try Framaroot app....
Please Don't Forget to read the forum rules... you must add an appropriate title to the thread... [Q] is just an addition to make the thread type more clear.... Thanks...

whoops!
I tried Framaroot and I get an error message that says "Your device seems not vulnerable to exploit included in Framaroot" I don't know why. I've got usb debugging activated and there is nothing special about this tab. it's old lol Argh!

maybe you have to unlock the bootloader first!

omkar333 said:
maybe you have to unlock the bootloader first!
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Well that would be the easy way huh? Ok, another stupid question, and I apologize as I am very very new to this...How do I unlock the bootloader? I did download an emulator on the tablet and tried to type in adb something and it didn't work. Again, I am sorry to be such an idiot when it comes to this stuff...but I find it fascinating and I am just trying to learn.

Padulese said:
Well that would be the easy way huh? Ok, another stupid question, and I apologize as I am very very new to this...How do I unlock the bootloader? I did download an emulator on the tablet and tried to type in adb something and it didn't work. Again, I am sorry to be such an idiot when it comes to this stuff...but I find it fascinating and I am just trying to learn.
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check this http://theunlockr.com/2013/06/15/how-to-root-the-acer-iconia-tab-a200/ it says it can unlock the bootloader.

Sadly
Trozzul said:
/theunlockr.com/2013/06/15/how-to-root-the-acer-iconia-tab-a200/[/url] it says it can unlock the bootloader.
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This would be ideal but it uses SimpleTool and I cannot find that anywhere. When you click the link, it takes you to a page that is no longer active.
I can't root my S4 because it's on AT&T and from what I understand AT&T has locked the bootloader and no one has figured out how to unlock just yet but this little Acer tablet should be a cake walk but apparently I am not the pastry chef because I am stumped.

Padulese said:
This would be ideal but it uses SimpleTool and I cannot find that anywhere. When you click the link, it takes you to a page that is no longer active.
I can't root my S4 because it's on AT&T and from what I understand AT&T has locked the bootloader and no one has figured out how to unlock just yet but this little Acer tablet should be a cake walk but apparently I am not the pastry chef because I am stumped.
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I'm not sure where to find it then, sorry mate. Keep searching and I can try tonight.

Padulese said:
Well that would be the easy way huh? Ok, another stupid question, and I apologize as I am very very new to this...How do I unlock the bootloader? I did download an emulator on the tablet and tried to type in adb something and it didn't work. Again, I am sorry to be such an idiot when it comes to this stuff...but I find it fascinating and I am just trying to learn.
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nothing wrong you can ask ....bootloader is a kind of security put by the manufacturer and after unlocking this will wipe your data .... and its not necessary that every phone/tab has a locked bootloader ....for eg. most of the samsung phones have bootloader unlocked whereas htc phones you have to do that manually ...it differs from every manufacturer so im not preety sure that it has a locked bootloader ....... so u gotta try if root doesnt work maybe its locked bootloader

Erased OS!! And Cant access Download Mode because Kill Switch

Ok I think I really may have messed up big time with this guys so I'm begging for some help.
]So I just recently bought a AT&T LG G3 on ebay in excellent condition everything worked great until I started experimenting. I rooted it using KingRoot but later decided I'd rather use another method of root because I prefer SuperSu to manage my root access...Anyways to make a long story very short. I needed to get into download mode but Kill Switch had already locked me out because I rooted it..I did not know that McAfee would lock my phone when I rooted.. and so as a last ditch effort I attempted to wipe the entire drive and re-flash the OS well to my surprise that did completely erase the OS as expected but not the Kill Switch. So now im stuck at LG Welcome screen and cant do anything.. I'm at the mercy of the web help PLEASE!!! smh

TriLTorch said:
Ok I think I really may have messed up big time with this guys so I'm begging for some help.
]So I just recently bought a AT&T LG G3 on ebay in excellent condition everything worked great until I started experimenting. I rooted it using KingRoot but later decided I'd rather use another method of root because I prefer SuperSu to manage my root access...Anyways to make a long story very short. I needed to get into download mode but Kill Switch had already locked me out because I rooted it..I did not know that McAfee would lock my phone when I rooted.. and so as a last ditch effort I attempted to wipe the entire drive and re-flash the OS well to my surprise that did completely erase the OS as expected but not the Kill Switch. So now im stuck at LG Welcome screen and cant do anything.. I'm at the mercy of the web help PLEASE!!! smh
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You can't get passed that. There's no way around it. Only way if it's even possible is to pay a phone store that has a box that might can fix it. But other wise chances are slim
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hyelton said:
You can't get passed that. There's no way around it. Only way if it's even possible is to pay a phone store that has a box that might can fix it. But other wise chances are slim
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Dang please dont tell me that I honestly just bought this phone a week ago..heh..Ive rooted and flashed multiple phones in my time but have never seen a "kill switch".

TriLTorch said:
Dang please dont tell me that I honestly just bought this phone a week ago..heh..Ive rooted and flashed multiple phones in my time but have never seen a "kill switch".
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you can try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post61280085#post61280085

Jahanzaibawan said:
you can try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post61280085#post61280085
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Thank you I will try this!!

TriLTorch said:
Thank you I will try this!!
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Don't think that will work with the kill switch issue. That is if you loose download mode. But worth a shot.
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Jahanzaibawan said:
you can try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post61280085#post61280085
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This method worked after many hours of trying and trying thank you for this ...unfortunately the phone which was unlock is now locked again and says that it is permanently locked to AT&T.. any Ideas?

TriLTorch said:
This method worked after many hours of trying and trying thank you for this ...unfortunately the phone which was unlock is now locked again and says that it is permanently locked to AT&T.. any Ideas?
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What do you mean says its permanently locked to AT&T? Screen shot? Is it asking for a sim unlock code?
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hyelton said:
What do you mean says its permanently locked to AT&T? Screen shot? Is it asking for a sim unlock code?
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Yea the SIM unlock is permanently locked and I havent even had the opportunity to put a unlock code in. After finally getting the Download mode working and getting the OS back on it Dial 2945#*850# to insert unlock code and it says "this phone is permanently locked and can not be unlocked" I haven't even made a wrong attempt at it yet its just already locked.

Jahanzaibawan said:
you can try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/spr...very-guide-t3132359/post61280085#post61280085
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This link worked pretty flawlessly just took a few tries shorting the pins out and plugging in the computer simultaneously but once the phone shows as its plugged into a com port and you have your tot file and dll ready for flash read directions very very carefully and this works great thank you so much!

TriLTorch said:
This link worked pretty flawlessly just took a few tries shorting the pins out and plugging in the computer simultaneously but once the phone shows as its plugged into a com port and you have your tot file and dll ready for flash read directions very very carefully and this works great thank you so much!
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welcome buddy.?

Dead Mother's locked Velvet

I searched the forum for this and maybe I missed something but I can't find help anywhere.
My mother recently passed and we're trying to crack open her LG Velvet. She was very secretive about passwords and such and I can't break passed her finger pattern lock screen. Everything I've found says I can wipe her phone clean and it'll be clear but we need in to access her information and photos, we don't know what details she kept on her phone so we desperately need in. Does anyone know a way we can get passed the lock screen without erasing data? We've tried 55 times all the patterns we think she used but it's so far to no avail. We have T-Mobile, of which I called. They can't help so they sent me to LG and they can't help.
PLEASE SOMEONE HELP!!!

Id u can get an custom recovery installed on that go to /Data/system/ and erase all files with lockscreen name on it and it would remove the pattern

Kratos574 said:
Id u can get an custom recovery installed on that go to /Data/system/ and erase all files with lockscreen name on it and it would remove the pattern
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Thanks for the reply. Anyway to keep the info on the phone? I don’t mind it going away but I need stuff off the phone.

rdyzzle89 said:
Thanks for the reply. Anyway to keep the info on the phone? I don’t mind it going away but I need stuff off the phone.
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by the method I told u it doesnt remove any data files

Kratos574 said:
by the method I told u it doesnt remove any data files
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I’ve not done this in some time, any direction you can point me to get a customer recovery on?

Hey you found a way to get past the code without losing data files? My situation is the exact same except it’s my brother, and it’s sooo frustrating!

Copperheadcross said:
Hey you found a way to get past the code without losing data files? My situation is the exact same except it’s my brother, and it’s sooo frustrating!
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Hey there, just saw this message. Nope not yet. Terribly frustrating! Her laptop is locked too.
Any luck for you yet?